Disloyal Computing Is Not Illegal under CFAA

["Ali, Saqib" <docbook.xml () gmail com>]

From:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/09/disloyalcomputing/

A federal appeals court says employees are not liable for damages
under anti-hacking laws for accessing their employers’ computers for
disloyal purposes.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that workers authorized to
access company computers do not lose or exceed that access under the
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) even if their intent was to
acquire data to open a competing business (.pdf). CFAA is the "root"
law that criminalizes an attack on any computer connected to the
internet.

There is no language in the 1984 anti-hacking statute, the San
Francisco-based appeals court said Wednesday, supporting the “argument
that authorization to use a computer ceases when an employee resolves
to use the computer contrary to the employer’s interests.”

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